Manifolding account-book.



No. 823,756; PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. B. A. BAXTER.

MANIFOLDING ACCOUNT BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26. 1903.

H'EFL Witnesses.

. count-Boo BERRY A. *BAXTER. OF MANSFIELD, OHIO;

' MIAINIFOLDI'NG Acoou NT-BOQK.

Specification of Letters- Patent,

iEatented June- 19-, 1906;

AippHoationfiledim '26. 1903.. Seria1|No,,140]66.8,.

To all whom/- it may mneern:

Be it known that I, BERRY A. BAXTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, the" county offRichland and.

State of Ohio',.have; invented certain new and "one leaf sectionorpad is attached at one end of the book and the other leaf section or pad is attached to theother end of the book or at a the side of the book in such manner that the leaves of these independent leaf-sections are adapted to interlap.

It is the object and purposeof my present invention toiprovide means whereby the upper. one of t tions may be so attached to' the book-as always to assume a perfectly fiat position over the entire length of the 'lower'leafsectio'n regardless of how many leaves have been detachedfrom the book infthe course of its use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the entire book. Fig. 2 represents a perspectiveview of the detachable back. Fig. 3 represents a detailed perspective view of the clip used to attach the leaf-section to the back.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, Arepresentsthe back of the, book, which'consists of a single piece ofsheet metal bent into such shape as to serve as a holder for the two inde endent leaf-sections. One end of this 'meta back A is lbent upward and then backward upon itself in such manner as to form a pocket 1, the

. shape of which is better shown in Fig. 2, and the purpose of this pocketis to have inserted into it the binding end .of the lower leaf sec.-

, tion or pad C, which is composed ofa numberof separateleaves bound together at oneend and upon which leaves, theoriginal entries are to be made. The pocket 1 is to be so constructed as to hold the leaf-section C firmly in place when the bound endthereof is inese two independent leaf=sec serted intolit, but at the. same timeto-perrnit;

the said leaf-section to be. withdrawn and a i new one inserted in itsv place, Various de vices. for accomplishing this. are well known, in the: art, and asv one means therefor I have shown the upper flange 2 of the pocket- 1 bent slightly downward in such manner as to, make the pocket into the, shape of a beveled slot just wide enough to allow the bound end ofthe leaf-section C to be. slid into osition from the side, where it'rem'ains firmly held in position by the ressureof the flange 2 upon it, but may e withdrawn by hand, or, as; another means of attaching said leafsection C firmly to. the pocket 1, the leaves may be first. bound firmly together by a clip 11 (shown in 3). and attached to said pocket. by meansof the. tongues 12., as here-,

ina'fter described. Bound together with the leaf-section C, but attached theretoby a fleX1- ble hinge a, is a suitable cover B, adaptedto fold over the entire book. I The leaf-section 0 extends almost to. the

outer end of the metal back A. At this outer'end the back A' is bent vertically upward at. 3 andthen bent horizontally 'bac ward upon itself to form another pocket 4. "It will be observed that this pocket .4 is of greater height thanthe pocket 1, the purpose of which is that it may have. inserted into it a.

second leaf-section or pad D, composed ofa number .of separate leaves upon which the.

original memoranda may be duplicated, and this leaf section Dis so attached to thepocket 4 as to permit a vertical movement of the bound end of the leaf-section D for the purpose hereinafter to be described. The sep arate leaves of the leaf-section D are bound togetherat their outer ends by a clip 11.,

(Shown in detail in Fig. 3.). This clip has rojecting from each end atongue 12, and w en.

the leaf section D is inserted within the pocket 4 the tongues 12 are bent inwardly to clasp loosely the vertical part 3 of the pocket 4. It is thus evident that the leaf-section D is practically prevented from having any lateral movement; but it may have a vertical movement at its outer end, being limited in its downward movement by the base of the pocket 4 and in its upward movement by the I flange 5 of said pocket. Attached to the ups per side of the leaf-section D is a manifoldingsheet G.

In the use of this book one of the sheets of the lower leaf-section C is withdrawn from beneath the upper leaf-section D, is folded over upon the manifolding-sheet G, then the entries are made upon this original sheet, and, by means of the manifolding-sheet G, these entries are duplicated upon one of the sheets of the leaf-section D. This duplicate sheet is then detached from the book and is delivered to the customer. It is thus obvious that as the various leaves of the leaf-section C are withdrawn from beneath the upper leaf-section D and the leaf-section C thereby diminished in thickness it becomes desirable to have the leaf-section D so attached at the outer end of the book that it will be vertically adjustable and will slide downward as fast as the leaves of the section C are used up and in such manner that it will always assume a level position for its entire length over the surface of the lower leaf-section C. The advantages of such a construction are obvious in that no matter how many sheets have been extracted in the course of the use of the book, as hereinbefore described, there is always presented a perfectly flat writing-surface, and the original and the duplicate sheets always maintain comparatively the same relative positions in such manner that the entries upon the original sheet will always be transferred to the proper line upon the duplicate sheet, and while I have shown and described herein the preferred form of embodiment-of my invention it is to be understood that other specific forms may be used without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention.

' In order that the inner end of the original sheet of the leaf-section C may be more nearly on a level with the upper surface of the leafsection D when said original sheet is in the position above described ready for use, the inner end of the metal back A is bent slightly upward at 6, and the binding portion of the leaf-section C is thereby raised untilit is more nearly on a level with the upper leaf-section D.

It is to be observed also that by releasing the tongues 12 of the clip 11 and by withdrawlng the leaf-section C from within the pocket 1, as hereinbefore described, the remnants of both leaf-sections may be detached from their respective pockets when the various leaves have been used up, and new leaf- 1soectlions may be inserted into the same metal Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is as follows:

'1. In a manifolding account-book the combination with a metal back, of an under leafpad detachably secured at one end of said back, an upper leaf-pad, and means for detachably securing the same to said back with provisions permitting adjustment thereof to and from the under leaf-pad.

2. A manifolding account-book consisting of a metal back having at one end a pocket adapted to hold a detachable leaf-pad and having at the other end an enlarged pocket adapted to hold a detachable leaf-pad, two independent leaf-pads for said pockets, and means for attaching one of said leaf-pads within said enlarged pocket with provisions permitting the adjustment of said leaf-pad to and from the other leaf-pad.

3. A manifolding account-book consisting of a metal back having at one end a pocket adapted to hold a detachable leaf-pad and having at the other end an enlarged pocket adapted to hold a detachable leaf-pad, two independent leaf-pads for said pockets, means for attaching one of said leaf-p ads within said enlarged pocket with provisions permitting the adjustment of said leaf-pad to and from the other leafpad, and a carbon sheet adapted to be interposed betweena sheet of the upper leaf-pad and a sheet of the under leaf-pad.

4. In a manifolding account-book the combination with two independent leaf-pads superposed one over the other, of a singlepiece metal back adapted to hold said leafpads, and bent slightly at one end to raise the 4 level of the binding end of the under leaf-pad, and means for attaching the upper leaf-pad to the other end of said back, with provisions permitting adjustment thereof to and from the other leaf-pad.

5. As an article of manufacture, a back for manifolding account-books, consisting of a single piece of metal having a body part, and bent at one end into the shape of a pocket to receive a single leaf-pad, and at the other end into an enlarged pocket having a straight end wall and of depth substantially double that of the thickness of one such pad, said body part being slightly bent upward near the end which has the pocket for the single leaf-pad.

6. In a manifolding account-book, the combination with two independent leaf-pads superposed one over the other, of a suitable back, and means for attaching the upper leafpad to said back including provisions for permitting the adjustment of said leaf-pad to and from the lower leaf-pad but preventing displacement in any other direction.

superposed one over the other, of a suitable In testimony whereof I affix my signature baeik,1 ariifd adbindidngf-clip flastenfid to one of in the presence of two Witnesses. sai ea a s 'an orme Witprovisions for adjustgbly engaging said leaf-padwith BERRY BAXTER- 5 said back to ermit adjustment of said leaf- Witnesses:

pad to and om said back but preventing H. E. SWEENEY, displacement in any other direction. 'W. E. LONGBRIDGE. 

